First Look: Dragon Ball Z Fighters: Legendary Super Warriors

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First screens and info on the ultra-hot anime combat extravaganza.

By Jeremy Dunham

The much talked about but rarely seen Dragon Ball Z fighting game that Infogrames announced the rights too months ago was notoriously absent from the show floor at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Hidden from the public and private eye in every form, we thought perhaps that the much-awaited fighter would soon transform into vaporware, and eventually fade away into the shadows as another "could have been". We were wrong.

While details are still sketchy, we've managed to gather a couple of interesting tidbits concerning the contents and premise of the game. Here's what we know so far:

Dragon Ball Z Fighters: Legendary Super Warriors is a tentative title and may change before final release.

There will be 23 playable characters in all; including Yamcha, Nappa, Freeza, Goku, Krillin, and Tien,.

Story Mode allows you to play through the Dragon Ball Z story while acquiring skills to upgrade your character with.

Battle Mode lets you put those skills to good use and fight with player-edited characters.

Skill Edit Mode will let you edit or exchange skills acquired through Story Mode to create the fighters to use in Battle Mode. Additionally, skills can be bought with prize money from tournaments.

Tenkaichi Budokai Mode can be unlocked by winning a Gold Medal in Story Mode and will allow the player to compete in their own tournaments.

An additional super secret mode that must be unveiled somehow. How to do it, and what the mode is remains to be seen.

Unfortunately further information is still being kept closely under wraps and will continue to mystify curious gamers until Infogrames is a little more forthcoming. Since DBZ is headed for store shelves in November of this year however, that day may soon be approaching. In the meantime, check out our early screens and be sure and revisit IGN for more over the coming months.